Cultivating political and public identity: Why plumage matters
Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation of identity is finally re-emerging. In this book,...
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| description | Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation of identity is finally re-emerging. In this book, Rodney Barker explores the rich fabric of speech, dress, diet and the built environment from which human identity is made. The colour of a scarf or the accent of a conversation can unite people or divide them, and the smallest detail can play its part in signalling who are allies and who are enemies. Identity simultaneously generates equality and inequality – it is both the engine of public life and the cause of its confusion and conflict – and a better understanding of its subtleties is crucial if we are to confront the tensions that it produces in society.
Synthesising methods and ideas from numerous disciplines – including history, political science, anthropology, law and sociology – Barker presents a picture of human life as more than just a collection of material interests. His ultimate aim is to show that no human activity is trivial or meaningless, that everything counts and plumage matters. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-276182025-07-21T15:58:00Z Cultivating political and public identity: Why plumage matters Barker, Rodney citizenship speech community politics identity politics dress religion food identity social cohesion thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation of identity is finally re-emerging. In this book, Rodney Barker explores the rich fabric of speech, dress, diet and the built environment from which human identity is made. The colour of a scarf or the accent of a conversation can unite people or divide them, and the smallest detail can play its part in signalling who are allies and who are enemies. Identity simultaneously generates equality and inequality – it is both the engine of public life and the cause of its confusion and conflict – and a better understanding of its subtleties is crucial if we are to confront the tensions that it produces in society. Synthesising methods and ideas from numerous disciplines – including history, political science, anthropology, law and sociology – Barker presents a picture of human life as more than just a collection of material interests. His ultimate aim is to show that no human activity is trivial or meaningless, that everything counts and plumage matters. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-06-30 23:55 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T13:30:46Z 2017 book 631396 OCN: 1030817497 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31314 9781526114600 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27618 eng open access image/png image/png image/png image/png image/png Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31314/1/XHTML5.zip https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31314/1/XHTML5.zip https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31314/1/XHTML5.zip https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31314/1/XHTML5.zip https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31314/1/XHTML5.zip Manchester University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_631396 10.26530/OAPEN_631396 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 London School of Economics and Political Science 9781526114600 272 open access |
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